Economic burden of informal caregivers for elderly Chinese in Hong Kong

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1577-1578

  You, Joyce H S ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^b   Sham, Aprille ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PILOT STUDY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 51249102746     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01778.x     Document Type: Letter

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